"atlazan" became "ixalan" and "atlazan" sounds a lot like "atlantis". atlantis is of course a famous lost city and this set is explicitly about the search for such a lost city. therefore i think there is a good chance that "ixalan" is the name of the lost city that the characters are searching for rather than the plane. this means that the set could still take place on the plane of muraganda despite the set name being different. while wotc certainly has no problem changing plane names they mostly do so for the sake of branding and there would be no problem retaining the plane of muraganda while using a different word for the set name.
"atlazan" became "ixalan" and "atlazan" sounds a lot like "atlantis". atlantis is of course a famous lost city and this set is explicitly about the search for such a lost city. therefore i think there is a good chance that "ixalan" is the name of the lost city that the characters are searching for rather than the plane. this means that the set could still take place on the plane of muraganda despite the set name being different. while wotc certainly has no problem changing plane names they mostly do so for the sake of branding and there would be no problem retaining the plane of muraganda while using a different word for the set name.
No, if you read the product page the plane is Ixalan and the city is Orazca.
So this is Atlazan, as we saw on the mock booster packs, Latin America/Aztec theme block, this is effing awesome. Remember in Kaladesh we saw a lot of jokes in regards to vehicle and inventions, now we're gonna have a whole block dedicated to pirates and dinosaur meme.
It has the potential to be amazing But I'm worried that they will try and appease people too much and it will end up feeling wrong. I hope I am wrong though.
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Pirates, Lost City...and Dinosaurs??? Lost City works with either of the other two, but I don't know how I feel about mashing Pirates and Dinosaurs up in the same world. On the one hand, we get Pirates, and we get Dinosaurs, but on the other I was kinda hoping those would each get their own world.
Now we need Apes, Monkeys, Crocodiles, and Foxes to complete this Rare package. Maybe add in some Bears, Birds, Hags, and Squirrels while we're at it.
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They renamed it because a lot of people got the reference wrong, it was called Atlazan in honor of the ancient city of Aztlan. But tons of people though it would be Atlantis themed XP so they changed it to Ixalan to avoid confusion.
Lost City works with either of the other two, but I don't know how I feel about mashing Pirates and Dinosaurs up in the same world. On the one hand, we get Pirates, and we get Dinosaurs, but on the other I was kinda hoping those would each get their own world.
This. Exactly my thoughts. I hoped that pirates and dinosaurs will each get their own set, but mashing them all together like this feels weird.
I've been waiting for a Mesoamerican setting for a long time and I'm scared that it will feature too much of the after-mentioned pirates and dinosaurs instead of the Native culture.
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I do not know whether the blurbs have been posted:
IXALAN
For centuries, the untamed jungles of Ixalan have hidden a coveted secret: Orazca, the city of gold. But no secret can remain undiscovered, and no treasure can be taken uncontested. Unfurl your sails, saddle up a dinosaur, and battle your rivals as you embark on a journey to claim the plane’s greatest fortune for yourself!
RIVALS OF IXALAN
The legendary city of Orazca has been found, but it will not be claimed without a fight. Now, you must outpace, outwit, and overpower your rivals as you vie for control of this ancient metropolis. Succeed, and you will wield the greatest power of the plane.
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This plane looks ridiculous ... I love it. Dinosaurs are awesome and I hope they actually get a card type instead of being "beasts." Vraska has my interest.
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Pirates, Lost City...and Dinosaurs??? Lost City works with either of the other two, but I don't know how I feel about mashing Pirates and Dinosaurs up in the same world. On the one hand, we get Pirates, and we get Dinosaurs, but on the other I was kinda hoping those would each get their own world.
Now we need Apes, Monkeys, Crocodiles, and Foxes to complete this Rare package. Maybe add in some Bears, Birds, Hags, and Squirrels while we're at it.
I just noticed that little bugger as well. And even cuter is the bugger on the pirates right shoulder! I know it's a dinosaur plane, but I'm just going to tag along for the cuties the pirates carry around rather than parrots.
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This has huge potential to be one of my favorite sets ever. Pirates AND Dinosaurs AND mesoamerican culture sounds super weird but from the artwork I get a really harmonic feel of it so far.
Pirate Vraska is awesome.
Feathered Dinosaurs are awesome.
El Dorado/Adventure/Jungle vibe is awesome.
Please Wizards don't **** this up!
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Did anybody else notice the strange set size for both Ixalan and Rivals? Ixalan has 279 cards while a normal large set has 249 (without any basic land), 264 (with three basic land cycles) or 269 (with four basic land cycles), then we're back to the usual set size for both Masters sets, Dominaria and M19. Rivals has 196 cards instead of the usual 184 of a small set like HOU. That's at least ten extra cards in Ixalan and twelve in Rivals. Something's going on, but what? DFCs? SOI had 297 cards and EMN had 205, so if there are DFCs there are less than on Innistrad. An extra sheet like the timeshifted cards in Time Spiral? Extra lands? What could this be?
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People are talking about how the very colorful pterosaur or archaeopteryx from the cover art is a "Dino of Paradise", and I actually kind of buy that: Birds of Paradise, +1 in the mana cost and +1/+1?
Hmm sadly not both of those, but I can see it being 3 mana and having +1/+1. At the rate they're going.
I AM SO EXCITED! This was fantastic news - I've tried so many times to make a dinosaur deck and they're always terrible. That's okay though because I like the flavor but my friends always crack the joke that I don't have any dinosaurs in my dinosaur deck which kills it! This is fantastic news!
You have a dinosaur deck too? Dino bros high five!
This set already sounds so god awful, the only saving grace for me is if we get a full cycle of dual lands at or greater than the power level of the shocklands, or we get the enemy fetch lands reprinted, again depending on what's in Dominaria.
It does look and sound wacky. Like Saturday morning cartoons wacky. Are we sure this is Ixalan art and not art from the 3rd Un-Set that was spoiled?
The art makes me think of the following scenario:
"CAPTAIN VRASKA! There be dinosaurs on the bank! Lemme blast 'em with my mana cannon so we can all have dinosaur ribs for dinner!"
"Whatever. I'm just going to be over here looking like a cross between Voldemort and Jack Sparrow."
They have no idea what they are doing anymore. Aztec themed set could work very well on it's own. But now we add dinosaurs, and pirate gorgons. There is even a mecha cat which looks like its from Kaladesh? It looks to me like they are trying too hard to be random and quirky, and failing at it.
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No, if you read the product page the plane is Ixalan and the city is Orazca.
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So this is Atlazan, as we saw on the mock booster packs, Latin America/Aztec theme block, this is effing awesome. Remember in Kaladesh we saw a lot of jokes in regards to vehicle and inventions, now we're gonna have a whole block dedicated to pirates and dinosaur meme.
Woot?
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It has the potential to be amazing But I'm worried that they will try and appease people too much and it will end up feeling wrong. I hope I am wrong though.
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Pirates vs Zombies vs Robots vs Dinosaurs.
Now we need Apes, Monkeys, Crocodiles, and Foxes to complete this Rare package. Maybe add in some Bears, Birds, Hags, and Squirrels while we're at it.
Now all we need is another world with Ninjas.
Every time I read a comment about "Well if this card had card draw/trample/haste/indestructible/hexproof/life gain...", I think "You're missing the point." They're armchair developer comments that fail to take into account the card's role in the greater Limited and Standard environment. No, it may not be as good as whatever card you're comparing it to. There's a reason for that. Not every burn spell is Lightning Bolt, nor does it need to be or should be.
That bird looks like Zoar. MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE SET CONFIRMED.
Dinosaur creature type confirmed!
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This. Exactly my thoughts. I hoped that pirates and dinosaurs will each get their own set, but mashing them all together like this feels weird.
I've been waiting for a Mesoamerican setting for a long time and I'm scared that it will feature too much of the after-mentioned pirates and dinosaurs instead of the Native culture.
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IXALAN
For centuries, the untamed jungles of Ixalan have hidden a coveted secret: Orazca, the city of gold. But no secret can remain undiscovered, and no treasure can be taken uncontested. Unfurl your sails, saddle up a dinosaur, and battle your rivals as you embark on a journey to claim the plane’s greatest fortune for yourself!
RIVALS OF IXALAN
The legendary city of Orazca has been found, but it will not be claimed without a fight. Now, you must outpace, outwit, and overpower your rivals as you vie for control of this ancient metropolis. Succeed, and you will wield the greatest power of the plane.
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In Standard, of course.
But you know, in MtG pirates and ninjas are good friends. Playwise.
I just noticed that little bugger as well. And even cuter is the bugger on the pirates right shoulder! I know it's a dinosaur plane, but I'm just going to tag along for the cuties the pirates carry around rather than parrots.
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Pirate Vraska is awesome.
Feathered Dinosaurs are awesome.
El Dorado/Adventure/Jungle vibe is awesome.
Please Wizards don't **** this up!
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Hmm sadly not both of those, but I can see it being 3 mana and having +1/+1. At the rate they're going.
Dinosaurs.
And one of the weirdest Planeswalkers they've ever made.
I'll tell you this: Walt Disney must be rolling in his grave (or his cyrogenic chamber) right around now.
The art makes me think of the following scenario:
"CAPTAIN VRASKA! There be dinosaurs on the bank! Lemme blast 'em with my mana cannon so we can all have dinosaur ribs for dinner!"
"Whatever. I'm just going to be over here looking like a cross between Voldemort and Jack Sparrow."
this seems like it could be fun.
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